A pharmaceutical company technician uses a 240-milliliter (mL) flask of vaccine solution to fill individual vials. If each vial is 1/15 of the volume of the flask, how many mL of vaccine are in each vial?

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A pharmaceutical company technician uses a 240-milliliter (mL) flask of vaccine solution to fill individual vials. If each vial is 1/15 of the volume of the flask, how many mL of vaccine are in each vial?

2020-10-26
Multiply the volume of 240mL by $$\displaystyle\frac{{1}}{{15}}$$ to find the volume of vaccine in each vial: $$\displaystyle\frac{{1}}{{15}}{\left({240}{m}{L}\right)}={240}{m}\frac{{L}}{{15}}={16}{m}{L}$$

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